Tape spool bracket and guide attachment for machines using narrow tapes



Nov. 1, 1966 J. T. WARDLAW 3,232,235

TAPE SPOOL BRACKET AND GUIDE ATTACHMENT FOR MACHINES USING NARROW TAPES Filed May 25, 1964 INVENTORI JOHN T WARBLAW ATTORNEYS United States Patent This invention relates to a tape spool bracket and guide attachment for use with a machine using narrow tapes and more particularly to a tape spool bracket and guide attachment which will carry an elongated spool of narrow ,tape and guide the tape to the machine without turning over of the tape.

In machines using narrow tapes, i.e. tape edge machines, sewing machines, tape wrapping machines, or tape dispensers, it has heretofore been the practice to utilize narrow rolls of tape which are the same width as the narrow tape. This practice limited the amount of tape which could be carried by one roll and therefore caused the necessity for frequent replenishment of the supply roll of tape being fed to the machine and considerable waste of unusable tape on rolls which were practically spent. This was particularly true in a tape edge machine for sewing a narrow fabric tape around the edges of a mattress. An elongated spool of tape was not heretofore used in these types of machines because the tape had to be fed to the machine without turning over and in a straight line, thus causing the necessity for having a single width narrow roll of tape which could be fed to the machine from the roll straight without turning over.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a tape spool bracket and guide attachment for machines using narrow tape, as set forth above, which will hold an elongated spool of tape and which will feed the tape from the elongated spool to the machine, without turning over, in substantially a straight line.

A further object of this invention is to provide the novel combination of a tape edge machine for stitching narrow fabric tape around the edge of a mattress and a tape spool bracket and guide attachment secured to the machine for holding an elongated spool of narrow fabric tape thereon and for guiding the tape to the tape edge machine without turning over of the tape.

A more specific object of this invention is to provide a tape spool bracket and guide attachment for use with machines using narrow tapes comprising a generally angular frame member secured to the machine and having a bowed notch in one leg thereof for guiding tape to the machine in a generally straight line without turning over and a spindle member for holding an elongated spool of tape thereon.

A modification of this invention is to provide a tape holder for use with the novel tape spool bracket and guide attachment which will enable narrow rolls which are currently being produced to be used on the tape spool bracket and guide attachment.

Further features of this invention will be understood from a consideration of the following more detailed description when taken in conjunction with the ac-ornpanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a tape edge machine for applying narrow fabric tapes to the edge of a mattress and having the tape spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention thereon;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the tape spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view similar to FIGURE 2 and showing an elongated spool of narrow fabric tape thereon; and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention and including the tape spool holder for holding a narrow spool or roll of tape thereon.

Referring now to the drawings, in FIGURE 1 there is illustrated a tape edge machine, generally referred to by the reference numeral 10, for applying narrow fabric tape to the edge of a mattress. The tape edge machine 10 is mounted on a table 11 and is adapted to move around the table 11 for applying'narrow fabric tape to the edge of the mattress in a manner well understood by those with ordinary skill in the art. The tape edge machine 11) includes a stationary frame 12 and stitching instrumentalities, generally referred to by the reference numeral 13, for stitching the narrow fabric tape around the edges of a mattress. Further details of the tape edge machine 10 will not be given herein as they form no part of this invention and are well known to those with ordinary skill in the art.

The tape spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention is generally referred to in the drawings by the reference numeral 14 and comprises a generally angular frame member 15 having a generally upwardly extending leg 16 and agenerally horizontally extending leg 17. The legs 16 and 17 are disposed at approximately degrees to each other. The leg 16 has apertures 2t} and 21 therein so that the tape spool bracket and guide attachment 14 may be secured to the stationary frame of the tape edge machine 10 by bolts 22 and 23, as shown in FIGURE 1.

The tape spool bracket and guide attachment further includes aspindle member 24 which extends through an aperture 25 in the horizontally extending leg 17 and is secured thereto by a nut 26. The spindle member 24 could be welded to the leg 17, if desirable. The spindle member, as may be seen in the drawings, extends generally upwardly from the leg 17 in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the leg 16. The spindle member 24 is adapted to hold an elongated spool of narrow fabric tape 27, shown in FIGURES 1 and 3.

The generally upwardly extending leg 16 has a notch 31 formed therein for guiding the narrow fabric tape T from the elongated spool 27 to the tape edge'machine 1G in generally a straight line without turning over. To facilitate this guiding action of the tape T the notch 36 has a bowed side wall 31, as shown in FIGURE 2, which has a rounded upwardly extending surface against which. the tape T may be guided in a substantially straight line without buckling or turning over regardless of which end of the spool 27 is supplying the tape.

Referring now to FIGURE 4, there is shown a roll holder 32 comprising an elongated cylindrical body por tion 33 having a hollow opening 34 through the length thereof and a generally circular flange portion 35 having a diameter substantially greater than the cr'oss-sectionl diameter of the portion 33. The portion 35 is secured to the portion 33 to form a composite roll holder 32. When the roll holder 32 is placed on the spindle 24, a narrow roll of tape 36 may be used with the bracket and spool attachment 14 of this invention. The narrow roll of tape 36, as may be seen in FIGURE 4, is of approximately the same width as is the narrow fabric tape T and this was heretofore the form in which the tape T was rolled for use in a tape edge machine 10. Thu it may be seen that the tape spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention is adaptable for use with a narrow roll of tape, which may be available, by the use of the roll holder 32.

From the above description it may be seen that a novel spool bracket and guide attachment 14- is provided for use with a tape edge machine 10 which will allow use of an elongated spool of narrow fabric tape 27 and which will guide the tape T from the elongated spool to the tape edge machine without turning over of the tape as it is fed to the machine. Also, it may be seen that the novel tape spool bracket and guide attachment of this invention is adaptable for use with the conventional narrow roll of tape 36 by the use of the tape roll holder 32. This invention provides the advantage of allowing an elongated spool of tape to be used with a tape edge machine, thus eliminating the time consuming and expensive steps of frequently replacing the supply spool of tape being utilized by the tape edge machine and reducing waste which is caused by unusable tape remaining on the narrow rolls when the rolls are practically spent.

This invention has been described in detail above for purposes of illustration only and is not intended to be limited thereby except as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination of a tape edge machine having a stationary frame and stitching instrumentalities for stitching a narrow fabric tape around the edges of a mattress; an elongated spool of narrow fabric tape; and a tape spool bracket and guide attachment secured to said stationary frame for holding said elongated spool of tape thereon and for guiding the tape to said tape edge machine comprising a generally angular frame member secured to said stationary frame of said tape edge machine and having a generally upwardly extending leg and a generally horizontally extending leg, said legs being disposed at approximately 90 to each other, and a spindle member secured to said horizontally extending leg and extending generally upwardly therefrom for holding aid elongated spool of narrow fabric tape, said upwardly extending leg having a notch therein for guiding the narrow tape from said elongated spool to the said tape edge machine without turning of the tape, said notch in said upwardly extending leg being bowed and having a generally rounded upwardly extending sidewall having a length greater than the width of the tape so that the tape is guided to said tape edge machine without turning over.

2. The combination of a tape edge machine having a stationary frame and stitching instrumentalities for stitching a narrow fabric tape around the edges of a mattress; and a tape spool bracket and guide attachment secured to said stationary frame for normally holding an elongated spool of tape thereon and for guiding the tape to said tape edge machine comprising a generally angular frame member secured to said stationary frame of said tape edge machine and having a generally upwardly extending leg and a generally horizontally extending leg, said legs being disposed at approximately degrees to each other, and a spindle member secured to said horizontally extending leg and extending generally upwardly therefrom for holding a spool of narrow fabric tape, said upwardly extending leg having a bowed notch therein for guiding the narrow tape from the elongated spool to the machine without turning of the tape; and a tape roll holder adapted to me removably carried by said spindle member for converting said attachment to utilize a narrow roll of narrow fabric tape and comprising a generally cylindrical elongated portion and a generally circular flange member secured to said cylindrical member for holding the narrow roll of tape on said spindle member in generally the same plane as said bowed notch in said upwardly extending leg.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 800,978 10/1905 Brueggeman 242-129.s 1,402,977 1/1922 Strobeck 112 152 1,601,304 9/1926 Force 242 1,857,371 5/1932 Gail 112 3 2,062,359 12/1936 Gail 112 3 2,364,381 12/1944 Mihalyi 242 71 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,129,295 9/1956 France.

884,895 12/1961 Great Britain.

FRANK J. COHEN, Primary Examiner.

MERVIN STEIN, Examiner. W. BURDEN, Assistant Exam ner 

1. THE COMBINATION OF A TAPE EDGE MACHINE HAVING A STATIONARY FRAME AND STITCHING INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR STITCHING A NARROW FABRIC TAPE AROUND THE EDGES OF A MATTRESS; AN ELONGATED SPOOL OF NARROW FABRIC TAPE; AND A TAPE SPOOL BRACKET AND GUIDE ATTACHMENT SECURED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME FOR HOLDING SAID ELONGATED SPOOL OF TAPE THEREON AND FOR GUIDING THE TAPE TO SAID TAPE EDGE MACHINE COMPRISING A GENERALLY ANGULAR FRAME MEMBER SECURED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME OF SAID TAPE EDGE MACHINE AND HAVING A GENERALLY UPWARDLY EXTENDING LEG AND A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING LEG, SAID LEGS BEING DISPOSED AT APPROXIMATELY 90* TO EACH OTHER, AND A SPINDLE MEMBER SECURED TO SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING LEG AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY THEREFROM FOR HOLDING SAID ELONGATED SPOOL OF NARROW FABRIC TAPE, SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING LEG HAVING A NOTCH THEREIN FOR GUIDING THE NARROW TAPE FROM SAID ELONGATED SPOOL TO THE SAID TAPE EDGE MACHINE WITHOUT TURNING OF THE TAPE, SAID NOTCH IN SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING LEG BEING BOWED AND HAVING A GENERALLY ROUNDED UPWARDLY EXTENDING SIDEWALL HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TAPE SO THAT THE TAPE IS GUIDED TO SAID TAPE EDGE MACHINE WITHOUT TURNING OVER. 